Alien vs. Terminator vs. Predator vs. Ash?

This must be the play-in game. The one consisting of the teams whose shot at the championship is pure fiction.

Does it make me the biggest geek ever if I immediately recognized both companies?

Cyberdine Sytems is the worst. I waited in a long line to visit what appeared to be their corporate HQ in Orlando and, man, that place needs some new leadership, or something.

@octopede: No joke, was kind of run down huh? And the computers, how can they operate being that old, I think I saw windows 3.1

I say Weyland FTW.

I don't think Cyberdyne had any idea the technology they were developing would become self aware and take over the world. Weyland-Yutani on the other hand knew exactly what they were doing. They diverted a ship to deliberately expose it to a hostile life form and bring it back to Earth to develop as a bio-weapon.

Cyberdyne made a mistake, Weyland is just like all the other corporations on the Consumerist.

Cyberdyne brought about the apocalypse.

Weyland-Yutani is only trying to.

I guess in this case it's the Devil you know, and by devil I mean a liquid metal shapeshifting killbot.

I find Cyberdyne's Laser Cats are much preferred over Weyland-Yutani's. Just something about the beams coming out of the mouth instead of the eyes.

Okay, before anyone checks either one, let me put some background up on both of them to let you decide.

Cyberdyne Industries was only working on improving mankind through advances in cybernetics and robotics. The genie got out of the bottle by man getting fooled by Skynet.

Weyland-Yutani (originally known as Weylan-Yutani) is in it for sheer profit, through whatever means necessary. In their efforts, they have used the Colonial Marines to meet their end goals through wholesale slaughter of whatever resistance, corporate sabotage, internal surveillance, moles, spies, rogue computers and androids.
(Wait a second, did I just describe the US Gov't there?)

So there you have it in a nutshell, A company that tried to help man and their products got away from them, and a company that will do anything for a fast credit.

In the Special Edition release of Alien Resurrection, The character of Dr. Wren states Weyland-Yutani had been bought out by Wal-Mart decades before the start of the film. - from Wikipedia

I'm not sure what happened with Cyberdyne was reasonably foreseeable. It's pretty clear that Weyland-Yutani's plan was going to end in tears one way or the other.

@redskull: I dunno...I'd swear that Wal-Mart's distribution network is scant days away from being self-aware if it isn't already...

I'm trying to think here, who are OCP and Umbrella Corp up against?

I think it's awesome you guys are having so much fun with this. Cheers!

@redskull: I 100% agree with your points. While Cyberdyne unquestionably caused a much larger catastrophe, they were quite unwitting. Weyland-Yutani was quite intent on doing the work of pure evil.

@chrisjames: I'd vote for Ash just because Bruce Campbell is the man...but realistically, I'd say Predator. Those dudes have every war time gizmo you can ask for strapped to their bodies.

I just heard that CyberDyne is buying Twitter...

@Tiber: I was wondering if the OCP will be on here too. [en.wikipedia.org]

@redskull: That was my reasoning as well. Plus, CyberDyne brought us Glau-bot, while Weyland brought us face huggers.

Cyberdyne all the way.

Uh... I think Omni Consumer Products beats either of these two.

@72Riv: Amen brother, Amen

@undefined: @redskull: WT is pretty much the embodiment of 'profit and potential profit over people.'

Cyberdyne was just an unwitting creche of AI doom.

This really needs to be Cyberdyne Vs. Yoyodyne.
John Bigboote: It's not my goddamn planet. Understand, monkey boy?

yeah cyberdine brought about the apocolypse, but not on purpose, Weyland-Yutani is purposely trying to, so they get my vote

How the heck did Buy-N-Large get out of the bracket? I swear...

@redskull: I was going to say the exact same thing, Weyland-Yutani is much more evil. Cyberdyne was at worst ignorant.

[www.skynet.net]

Oh G-d, I hope that site is a joke too.

What about Shinra Corp., the Umbrella Corp., Lex Corp., Initech, Pinehearst...
The list goes on and on and on.
Just had to add my 50 cents (inflation)

Let's also not forget that Miles Dyson was willing to die for his sins. Anybody at Weyland-Yutani (intentionally) falling on their own sword?

One of my co-workers made a great point while I was asking his opinion about this. He said that Cyberdyne is different than Weyland-Yutani in that Cyberdyne set out to create an artificial intelligence for good reasons, and that it was one bad apple that smeared their name by refusing to be escorted from the building when fired: Skynet. Worse, Skynet decided it was better to burn down the planet afterwards, destroying Cyberdyne along the way. In this sense, they're victims as was the rest of humanity. Their primary research scientist even sacrificed his own life attempting to destroy his work, to stop Skynet. That's not exactly an evil company, or evil/cowardly employees.

On the other hand, Weyland-Yutani has a storied history of attempting to exploit xenomorphs as biological weapons and of allowing the deaths, or intentionally causing the deaths, of their own employees. They employ subterfuge, spies, androids, and soldiers against their own employees and their own assets for one goal: capture and return with a xenomorph at any cost. Entire colonies of families and children are brushed aside without afterthought ("I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure." And this from the film's protagonist.)

Cyberdyne's been maligned by this poll, and Weyland-Yutani's been robbed.

@noone1569: Cyberdyne kept me on hold for 45 minutes. I hate them.

I say Umbrella corporation beats these two.

Listen, and understand. Ben Popken is out there. He can't be bargained with. He can't be reasoned with. He doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear, or grammar. And he absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.

@GavinEstecado: Not to mention nuclear bombs strapped to themselves.

@Darklighter: Dyson was mortally wounded. He stayed behind because he knew he was dead. It's not like he sacrificed himself to save the world. He thought he was going in there and leaving.

@Matt Peery: Don't forget Aperture Science. The cake is a lie, after all.

@octopede: Atleast nothing from Cyberdyne attempted to latch onto your face.

Where the hell is Aperture Science in all of this??

@undefined: Completely agree. Cyberdine is a cautionary tale of hubris and attempting to play the role of the creator. Weyland-Yutani is knowingly evil, like Monsanto and Blackwater had a baby.

@redskull: Sold.

@Chris Langro: Atleast that was accidental. "The Company" knew EXACTLY what it was doing.

LOL! I heart the Consumerist. Profoundly.

Weyland-Yutani's got my vote. Have you seen the contract they require their off-world colonists to sign?

Paragraph 12.5.6(f)5(h)3.4

"Weyland-Yutani reserves the absolute right to alter the terms of this contract at any time and without notice. The parties further agree that in the case of xenomorphic infestation Weyland-Yutani will not be held liable to destruction of property, disability, loss of life, or human genocide. In the event of such injury or damage the parties mutually agree to binding arbitration with a panel of 3 arbiters to be chosen by Weyland-Yutani."

@GMFish: Not to mention Weyland-Yutani works on a far larger scale, and undoubtedly has caused more deaths and strife in their various endeavors than the single Cyberdine/Skynet incident. I mean hell, just look at the history of their weapons contracting during the Unification War!

That cat looks like Streaky! Heat Vision for the win!!!

@LiquidGravity: I was wondering about Umbrella, now with the possibility of Tri-Cell.

I was approached by a man identifying himself as T-1000, a representative of Cyberdyne. He was naked. That should say all that needs to be said.

Weyland-Yutani was sending people knowingly to create biological weapons.

Cyberdyne had no idea what they were unleashing.